Pressed metal wheel.



J. V. WOODWORTH. PRESSED MBTAL' WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1912.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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YORK, ASSIGNGR TO FRESSIED METAL GGRKPANY, OF W'ORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CGRPGEATEQN 39F MAINE,

PRESSED METAL WHEEL.

Applicatinn filed August 3, 1912.

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it lUlUWli that I, Josiirn v. Wounii-riirru, a citizen of the. United States, and :i T5iii8l1ii of Brooklyn, in the. county 0 Rings and State of Nev Yum, have in- Yer-mi certain new and iisful Improveiiieznts in Pressed Metal the feiiewing is a specification.

The invent-ion relates to pressed metal ii 011k, and more particularly to a wheel c0natructe of sheet metal and designed more m nimally far. use :it the end of a. shaft. or axis.

has far its abject to form a wheel of s: ferizil and of but two parts, bath of army be readily struck up from suit jkiillis; and, moreover. t0 provide :1 i rriiei'ai and one which will admit; lining a shaft ami a suitahh. hearing 'l nature- (if the invention will best be mm @061 when (ltSCllbtil in connection in [ii 931:; tcompaiiying', drawings. in whicl1- F1 1 is a fronteieration oi the Whigs]. E1 is ruiisi'ursie section when an the 2, Fig. 1. lair Qi'illfiMEtUFS of ruirrexice designate winding parts thrnugrhnut thr sever-iii VLQ'WS.

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form the huh of the. wheel. The and 0% shaft 113 abuts. the bottom of the Siifat l1. and ii; preferably surrmmlad by suitable. hearings, as the roller hearings l6 retained within and by the. cap 15.

The rim 1? of the wheei is meshed from the blank 10 by turning a part 9f the ziiiivpoii portion hack over a portion 1% thereof and. pressing the same together. The said. rim extends equally 0n hoixh Rider of the wish; and, if it he desired to further reinforce said rim, the portion 17 may" be hirniad hack and under, suliivivni. material, of (nurse. being provided therefor from the ohmic. The. edges of the rim are (lesig'nml ti) lie bctwsen the plzmvs of the outer surfaces 0? the 5 ii and ring) if and which hiiier is so j zstwl as in puri'uril imhmrr the wheel mi iiig it to run true on the siizift 153. A. rulihi fire 19 or the. like may he pifimd (War iii'it: rim 17 if (iesired.

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